Improvement in ladies  work-tables



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Ladies Work-Tables. I Q N0.157,355. Patented Deg-1,1874.

WITNESSES. Iuvmrr m am %WZEI THE enigulc coyyuvo mnun 41 max Puwmnk UNITED STATES PAr l r QFFTCEO CHARLES R. SNYDER, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

IMPROVEMENT IN LADIES WORK-TABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 157,355, dated December 1, 1874; application filed August 12, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES R. SNYDER, a resident of Minneapolis, county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ladies Work- Tables, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, the drawings annexed hereto being made a part of this specification:

The object of my invention is to produce a neat, complete, and convenient form of a ladys work-table, with a lid thereto, constructed in such manner that it may be thrown in any desired position, and utilized as a lap-board.

The figure is a perspective view of my improved table.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

LetterB represents a lad ys worktable. The top A is fastened to the table B by the aid of the elongated hinges 9, so that the top A can easily be converted into a lap-board of any required height, being thrown in the position as shown at A. Should it become necessary or desirable to remove the lap-board A from the table B entirely, the hinges 9 can be unpivoted, and the elongated hinge be used for the legs of the board. Letter 0 is a graduated scale or rule, which slips into a beveled slot or groove in the top A, forming the cover to an aperture, which may be utilized for any desired purpose.

Letters D D represent drawers, divided on the I suitable wires passingthrough their centers,

the same being attached to the table pro ier. The skein-holders h are made adjustable by means of the thumb-nut and its counter-bolt It, said bolt working in an elongated slot, allowing the skein-holders to be placed closer together or farther apart, as may be desired. Underneath of the top A are secured the legs a, folding within the table when the top is on, but unfolding and acting as supports when the top is being used as a lap-board. The curve G in the front of the table is to accommodate it to the person using table or lap-board.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and want to secure by Letters Patent, is v A ladys work-table constructed with compartments, as described, and provided with the top A, hinged to the frame by means of the elongated links g, in the manner set forth, whereby the top can be drawn over and adapted for use as a lap-board.

CHARLES R. SNYDER. lVitnesses:

T. M. CoMsrooK, O. F. VVASHBURN. 

